Cultural Training For An International Business Alliance

I have learned that it is important that educators  and health providers be trained on cultural competency to understand the population they are serving. Marks, Sims, and Osher (King, Sims, & Osher, n.d.) define cultural competency  as a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals and enables that system, agency, or those professionals to work effectively in cross–cultural situations" ( as cited in Cross et al., 1989; Isaacs & Benjamin, 1991). Health providers and educators should investigate demographic patterns or trends in the place where they live and work. This brings awareness of the types of cultures that they might come across when they are working with people. Organizations should integrate and implement policies that promote the value of  diversity, self-assessment, manage the dynamics of difference, acquire and institutionalize cultural knowledge, and adapt to diversity and the cultural contexts of communities they serve (Georgetown  University, 2004). Georgetown University (2004) also stresses that culture competency grows gradually and is always open for improvement.

The progress I have made on building cultural competence is I met this guy while I was at work, and he was telling about how his insurance won’t be able to cover for his visit to campus health. I suggested to him that maybe he change health care providers to someone who can possibly help cover more things than the one he has now. Also in one of my public health classes one of my teachers is having a luncheon with people who have HIV and I know if I go to the event I can get a better insight on what they are dealing with and find out ways to help them, since the luncheon is ran by an organization that helps people who live with HIV, or I could just give them support

Cultural competent? What is the big deal? “The term cultural competence is used to describe a set of skills, values and principles that acknowledge, respect and work towards optimal interactions between the individual and the various cultural and ethnic groups that an individual might come in contact with” (HumanServicesEDU, para. 1). Being able to understand and effectively understand other cultures than your own, can make a huge difference in the patient’s treatment and how well the case manager can do his or her job.

Both articles were very informative and provided information about how agencies need to change in order to become culturally competent. The agency I intern with this year is the Toms River Regional School District, specifically High School East, in that respect, my agency is very different than those in the two articles reviewed. Some of the core issues are the same when it comes to needed to learn cultural competency in terms of race and sexual orientation specifically. I have seen a similar issue in my agency needing to address cultural competency. Toms River School District is not very culturally diverse, in the sense that the staff and students lack ethnic diversity, but there are students and staff who are part of the LGBT community. Slowly,

Another outstanding point that you made in reference to applying cultural competence in your personal life is phenomenal. I believe getting to know who we are will help us pinpoint the areas that are not the strongest when providing cultural care to patients. Allowing us to work on our weaknesses and become proficient in the areas we lack. In order for us to become an expert in cultural competency and cultural care we need to apply it in every aspect of our lives.

competence is an imperative aspect that practicing social workers need to employ when providing treatment to clients. Daniel’s treatment provider has to maintain cultural sensitivity when assisting him with obtaining a higher quality of life. Daniel’s ethnicity, age, sex, class, and veteran status require that the treatment provider have knowledge regarding Daniel’s diverse cultural background. Treatment providers that are working with specific populations such as the military must acquire knowledge surrounding the experiences of military personnel, families and children (Cederbaum et al., 2014).

Cultural competence in nursing involves the application of skills, knowledge, personal attributes, and attitudes required by practitioners to maintain a respectful relationship with patients, co-workers, and other clients. Markedly, the essential components of competent cultural care in nursing includes cultural skill, cultural awareness, cultural encounter, cultural knowledge, and cultural desire. Cultural awareness involves an in-depth self-examination of one’s professional and cultural background whereas cultural knowledge includes gathering information of various ethnic and cultural groups. The ability of a nurse to acquire cultural data of a patient and perform a specific assessment of it is known as cultural skill. A cultural encounter is a process where nurses are involved in cross-cultural relations with patients from varying cultural backgrounds. The motivation to engage in cultural encounters and become culturally aware is referred to as cultural desire (Huber, 2009).

This paper focuses on a specific aspect of police training which is called cultural diversity training or sensitivity training. This type of training focuses on teaching law enforcement officials a basic level of understanding when it comes the many diverse cultures present within society. Cultural diversity training includes many aspects all of which are geared towards improving the relationship between the public and law enforcement officials. There are multiple organizations that offer this type of training, one of which is called ADL or the Anti-Defamation League. The specific program they offer is called anti-bias training which is centered on these key components of sensitivity training. The outcome of this program and other programs

I would use my culture competence skills to assist in being effective with working Andre and other clients as well because this is a set of skills, values and principles that professional must acknowledge while working or interacting with different culture groups and ethnic groups. Having knowledge about the different populations that you may come into contact with will help you efficiently and respectfully interact with clients from diverse backgrounds.

The physicians and oncology nurses face the challenges every day in commitment to care of cancer patient in communication while discussion about the diagnosis, treatment and management. The specialized area demands the special skills in communication linguistically as well as culturally competent aspects. Decision making is one of the vital parts of cancer patients in order to align with life change activities. Certain barriers are encountered in communication on the basis of race, ethnic biases, their health beliefs and values, living conditions, and lack of health care resources (de Graaff, Francke, van den Muijsenbergh, & van der Geest, 2012). In which the cultural competency framework is to reach the goal of the institution through its educational activities by means of policies, interpreter services, and cross-cultural experts in training physician and nurses in progression of quality care of culturally diverse patients (Weber, Sulstarova, & Singy, 2016)

Compared to the United States, The United Arab Emirates has many cultural differences which will affect our marketing manager. The first difference being the language of the country. The Emirati culture is based on Arabian culture which has been heavily influenced by Persian culture. Even though English is the second spoken language in the country, the main language is Arabic. Modern and standard Arabic is thought in schools, nearly all

Generally, there is an extreme conservative business environment in Saudi Arabia and for cross-cultural management to succeed, there is need to practice and maintain a significant level of formality and treat everybody with respect. It is quite important to note that; people who are older or are in positions of leadership are deferred to and treated with respect. Patience in Saudi Arabia may be an important cross-cultural trait because things in the kingdom generally take a considerable amount of time than expected to be decided in the kingdom because of frequent interruption of meetings and also, Saudis take to acquaint with foreign managers. Punctuality is one of the management tenets in western world

Anon, (n.d) Doing Business in Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabian Social and Business Culture [Online]. Available from: http://www.communicaid.com/access/pdf/library/culture/doing-business-in/Doing%20Business%20in%20Saudi%20Arabia.pdf (Accessed: 26 July 2011).

Executive summary: With the globalization of world business, Saudi Arabia has become an appealing market for foreign investors. But there has long been belief that the market of Saudi Arabia is difficult to develop and the culture there is inconsistent with the world. The problem of cross-cultural management arises as the cooperation between Saudi Arabia and its world partners continue to increase at an unprecedented rate. This paper analyses commercial and cultural feature of Saudi Arabia, presenting an understanding on the general cultural differences between Saudi Arabia and Singapore by applying different cultural dimensions. And it explains the influence of Arabia commercial culture on

In every culture, business practices varies. In the U.S. it is quite simple “it 's just business” a service or good in exchange for money. However, in the UAE is more than monetary exchange. It is customary not to begin a meeting by talking specifically about business, but by becoming acquainted with each other. Punctuality is important for meetings and it is critical not be in a hurry to leave. Consequently, trade negotiation requires tolerance and patience because the relationship evolve from a series of meetings.